Sr Data Steward - Remote (CO, CA, WA, OR, AZ, TX)

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General Purpose and Scope of Position: The role is responsible for collaborating with cross functional stakeholders to document definitions, procedures, issues, define business rules and change requests of specified data domains (Customer, Item, Asset, Vendor, Organization, etc.). The data steward is responsible for ensuring the highest level of data integrity, governance, and service to internal customers. The role will support developing and improving the Data Governance Office to increase operational efficiency and strengthen data governance. 

Specific Responsibilities and Key Deliverables Include: 

• Understands the impact of master data within the organization and systems for applicable data domains.  

• Support developing and improving the Data Governance Office to increase operational efficiency and strengthen data governance 

• Design and implement of Master Data Management (MDM) strategies to maintain data quality rules and processes to ensure data accuracy and consistency 

• Curate and maintain enterprise data dictionaries, ensuring that data elements are accurately defined and documented 

• Collaborates with cross functional stakeholders to document definitions, procedures, issues, define business rules and change requests of specified data domains (Customer, Item, Asset, Vendor, Organization, etc.) 

• Ensures the highest level of data integrity, governance, and service to internal customers 

• Use workflow processes and User Interface Robots to format, approve and create new items in ERP Systems 

• Responsible for the quality of a defined dataset on a day-to-day basis. In contrast, Data Owners are accountable for data quality but not daily activities. Data Stewards will draft the data quality rules by which their data is measured, and the Data Owners will approve those rules.  

• Serve as the finger-on-keyboard subject matter experts that work with the data every day. They have a deep understanding of the meaning of the data and the impact to the business of changes to the data.   

• Align quality standards and daily data activities with the tiered structure of the Data Governance program. 

Key Skills and Abilities Include: 

• 5+ years of business experience and expert level business understanding in assigned data domain 

• Associate degree in relevant field of study or high school diploma/GED 

• Strong analytical abilities with experience extracting data and developing reports in an ERP environment 

• Mid-level or above proficiency with MS Office Excel, analyzing and manipulating large datasets 

• Proactive approach to role and problem solving; solution rather than problem focused